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Ali Aslam, Azulina Green ’17, and Savannah Harriman-Pote ’20, "Co-ops at the University: Lessons from Mo'Coffee," paper presented at the Association for Cooperative Educators Annual Conference, Denver, CO, July 18-20, 2017
Katie Berry received a National Science Foundation (NSF) subaward from Oregon State University for the project “Discovery of novel functional RNA classes by computational integration of massively-parallel RBP binding and structure data.” The project is for five years.
Stein EM, Wang S [MHC '23], Dailey K [MHC '22], Gravel CM [MHC '20], Wang S [MHC '22], Olejniczak M & Berry KE. (2023) Biochemical and genetic dissection of the RNA-binding surface of the FinO domain of Escherichia coli ProQ. RNA 29, 1772–1791. doi: 10.1261/rna.079697.123
Keeffe, R. Hedrick, B, Bartoszek, I., Easterling, I. Brennan, P.L.R. 2025. Morphological Variation in the Genitalia of the Burmese Python. Journal of Morphology. 86(4), e70045.
Brennan, P.L.R., Purdy, S., and Bacon, S. 2024. Intrahorn insemination in the alpaca: damage to the female tract, and immune consequences. PLoS ONE 19, no. 4: e0295882
Brodie, R., Chery, M., Habiba, U., Pradhan, A., 2023. Rising surface temperatures lead to more frequent and longer burrow retreats in males of the fiddler crab, Minuca pugnax. JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY 116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103639
Brodie R., *B. Roberts , *J. Espinosa, *K. Heilman , S. Borgianini, J. Welch , K. Reinsel. 2017. Seasonal and latitudinal variations in the energy reserves of the mud fiddler crab Uca pugnax: implications for the response to climate change. Aquatic Biology 26:113-123.
*indicates undergraduate coauthor
Alyxander Burns’ paper “Who Do We Mean When We Talk About Visualization Novices?” was awarded the Best Paper Award at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). This award is given to the top 1% of submissions to the conference.
Massoni, S. C., Evans, N. J., Hantke, I., Fenton, C., Torpey, J. H., Collins, K. M., Krysztofinska, E. M., Muench, J. H., Thapaliya, A., Martínez-Lumbreras, S., Hart Ferrell, S., Slater, C., Wang, X., Fekade, R., Obwar, S., Yin, S., Vazquez, A., Prior, C. B., Turgay, K., Isaacson, R. L., and Camp, A. H. (2025). MdfA is a novel ClpC adaptor protein that functions in the developing Bacillus subtilis spore. Genes & Development https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.352498.124
Riley, E. P., Lyda, J. A., Reyes-Matte, O., Sugie, J., Kasu, I. R., Enustun, E., Armbruster, E. G., Ravishankar, S., Isaacson, R. L., Camp, A. H., Lopez-Garrido, J., & Pogliano, K. (2025). Developmentally regulated proteolysis by MdfA and ClpCP mediates metabolic differentiation during Bacillus subtilis sporulation. Genes & Development https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.352535.124
